QA Contract Job Trends in Hounslow

Quality Assurance (QA)
West London > Hounslow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hounslow requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 9 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hounslow 17.65% 5.06% 5.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 81.82% 44.44% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £350 - £259
25th Percentile £353 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -11.76% -12.82%
75th Percentile £376 £391 £500
90th Percentile £394 £396 -
West London median daily rate £365 £400 £488
% change year-on-year -8.75% -17.95% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £48.00 - -
West London median hourly rate £39.75 - £41.04
% change year-on-year - - +156.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hounslow

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Hounslow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 21.57% 11.39% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £350 £291 £279
25th Percentile £353 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -9.09% -22.54%
75th Percentile £376 £397 £500
90th Percentile £394 £550 £515
West London median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% -1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile £45.40 - -
West London median hourly rate £34.00 £19.53 £31.67
% change year-on-year +74.09% -38.32% +97.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow.

QA job vacancy trend in Hounslow

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Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing QA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hounslow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hounslow citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hounslow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (11.11%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Aviation
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) C++ Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Angular Developer
2 3 (33.33%) C++ Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Project Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Project Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Angular 2
1 5 (55.56%) AngularJS
1 5 (55.56%) CSS
1 5 (55.56%) HTML
1 5 (55.56%) JSON
1 5 (55.56%) REST
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Legacy Code
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) Kanban
2 5 (55.56%) Memory Management
2 5 (55.56%) OOP
2 5 (55.56%) Scrum
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Debt
3 3 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) OO
4 2 (22.22%) Secure Coding
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C++
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Go
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) City & Guilds
2 1 (11.11%) OCA
2 1 (11.11%) OCP
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk